Vincent boyio



V. BOVIO.

HAT AND PROCESS OF MAKING SAME.

APPLICATION FILED .050. 11. 1918.

1,303,246. Patented May13, l919..

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VINCENT BOVIO, OF FLUSI- IING, NEW YORK.

HAT AND PROCESS OF MAKING SAME.

Application filerl December 17, 1918. Serial No. 267,151

,ticularly to straw hats, in which it is desired to produce a roughened, corrugated or. undulatory eflect in the finished hat, and the object of my invention is to provide an improved process for making such a hat, whereby the cost of production is greatly lessened, and by which considerable variation may be made in the degree of roughened, corrugated or undulatory effect, which is given to the hat.

To the attainment of the above object, an im ortant feature of my invention consists in orming a hat of fluted material, and more particularly of fluted straw braid, which is sewed, or otherwise fastened together, to form a composite strip, which strip is fluted prior to being sewed together to form a complete hat.

Another important feature of my invention relates to the process whereby I can most conveniently control the degree of undulatory or corrugated eflect, which is given to the hat, such process consisting in varying the number of strands of braid which are formed into a composite strip, prior to flutmg.

Other objects and important features of the invention will appear from the following description and claims when taken in con nection with the accompanying drawing in which-- Figure 1 is a view of the complete hat made in accordance with my improved proc- Fig. 2 is a view showing a strip of straw comprising several strands of braid fastened together prior to being fluted.

Fig. 3 shows the composite strip of Fig. 2 after being fluted.

Fig. 4 shows the crown of the hat in the process of formation.

In order to produce a roughened, corrugated or undulatory efl'ect in hats, it has been heretofore customary to so stitch each individual piece of braid as: to produce a slight tucking or gathering of the braid during' the stitching operation, thereby producing the desired effect in the finished hat. The machines for producing this particular kind of stitching are quite expensive, and

- thedegree ofrougliened or corrugated effect, WlllCll is produced on such machines, cannot be easily varied within wide limits.

My improved process overcomes the limitations imposed on the manufacture of hats bysuch machines, and furthermore enables a me to produce a hat of very much improved appearance with very greatly lessened cost in labor and machinery.

In carrying out my process, I first stitch or otherwise fasten together, several strands of material out of which the hat is to be formed, such material being preferably straw braid, although it is of course understood that other suitable material may be used. This braid may be stitched together on an ordinary sewing machine, such as is well known and commonly used for this purpose. I After several of these strands of braid have been stitched together in the manner set forth, of sufficient length to form a complete hat, the composite strip of braid is passed through ordinary fluting rollers. The strip of braid may be sized prior to being passed through the fluting rollers, but this sizing is not, in any manner, necessary to the successful carrying out of my improved process. If, for instance, only two strands of braid are formed into a composite strip and said strip is run through the fluting rollers, the fluting of such strip is quite pronounced; if three strips are run through the same or similar rollers under the same pressure, the fluting is less pronounced, the degree of fluting varying inversely with the number of strands of which the composite strip is composed, a wide strip offering more resistance to the displacing action of the rollers than a narrow strip. In practice I have found from three to five strands to be a convenient number to use in forming a composite strip.

After the strip has been fluted, it is stitched or otherwise formed into a complete hat in the usual and well-known manner. After the hat has been completed, it may be sized, if so desired, although such sizing is not necessary to the carrying out of my improved process.

Specification bf Letters Patent. P t te a 13, 1919,

From the foregoing, it will be seen that I have produced an improved hat, and an improved process, whereby such hat is ent is:

L'The process of forming a hat which consists, in first fastening together a plurality of strips of material, fluting thecom- V posite strip of material thus formed and fastening together the composite strip of fluted material to'form a hat. I V

2. Th'e'pr0cess of forming 2; hat which consists in, first fastening together a plurelity of strips of straw braid, fluting the composite strip of braid thusforined and fastening together the composite strip of fluted straw braid to form a hat.

varied numbers of strands, flu'ting the composite strips thus formed, the degree of fluting depending on the number of strands formed into each composite strip, selecting the composite strip having that degree of fluting which will give to the finished hat the desired undulatory efie'ct, and fastening together the selected composite strip of fluted braid to form a hat.

Signed at New York this 16th day of December 1918.

VINCENT Bovio.

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